Maximum speed map (RWS)

The road characteristics database (WKD) for speeds contains speed limits for all roads in the NWB. At the beginning of 2017, WKD was filled for the entire Netherlands with data supplied by municipalities. From that moment on, the new traffic decisions have been used via the Knowledge and Operation Center for Official Government Publications (KOOP) to detect and process changes in speed limits. The NWB changes faster than the speed limits are supplied by the road authorities or placed in COOP. Algorithms are used to supplement the speed where necessary on short intermediate road sections. As a result, the speed limit is unknown for a few percent. Since 2022, the features Trees, Entrances, Bowl Boundaries, Parking Points, Parking Spaces, Traffic Center, Traffic Types, Road Width, Road Categorization and Road Narrowings have been added to the database as a CSV file. NB: In residential areas where a maximum speed of 30 km per hour applies, or in a residential area, this leads to major deviations from reality. The number of rural roads with a 60 km limit has also increased significantly since 2017. The possible speeds that can be entered are 5, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 130 km per hour and unknown. The speeds only apply to roads that are open to car traffic. On cycle paths, footpaths and other roads that are not open to car traffic, the speed is entered as unknown. This also applies to the ferry connections. The file provides variable maximum speeds with a start time and an end time. These apply in particular to motorways. Outside this period with the indicated start time and end time, an alternative speed applies. So, for example, between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM the speed limit is 100 km per hour and outside of that time the maximum speed is 120 km per hour. The road characteristics database for speeds also contains the recommended speed limits that apply to a specific road section or part thereof.

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Last Updated September 13, 2023, 09:15 (UTC)
Created September 13, 2023, 09:15 (UTC)
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